Originally published October 21, 2020 @ 8:44 am
Google has some advanced search features that few people use, which is a shame. Here are some of them. I am sure there are a few more, but these are the more useful ones.
To makes things simpler:
Exact phrase
"dog poop"
Wildcard word(s)
"dog * poop"
Excluding words/phrases
"dog * poop" -"dog eating poop"
Limit to domain
site:petmd.com "dog * poop" -"dog eating poop"
Find pages that link to somewhere specific
link:krazyworks.com
Search newspaper archive
site:news.google.com/newspapers "dog * poop"
Site information
info:krazyworks.com
Site cache (browse blocked sites)
cache:krazyworks.com
Find related sites
related:krazyworks.com
Define a term
define God
Term origin
etymology bullshit
Search for social tags
@dogpoop
Search hashtags
#dogpoop
Search for products within a price range
"dog * poop" $50..$100
Logical “OR”
"dog poop OR vomit"
Logical AND
"dog poop AND vomit"
Nearby terms
"dog AROUND(10) poop"
Search for all terms
allintext: dog poop vomit
Search for all terms in page title
allintitle: dog poop vomit
Search for all terms in URL
allinurl: dog poop vomit
Include location in search terms
"dog * poop" location:wilmington, de
Limit results to particular file type
"dog * poop" filetype:pdf
Check weather
weather 19810 10 day weather 19810 hourly
Time somewhere
time moscow russia
You public IP
ip address
Movie showings nearby
movies 19810 regal
Time-limit search result
# Add to results URL
&tbs=qdr:[ymdhns][0-9]{1,}
# y is "years"
# m is minutes, etc
# For example, limit results to the past 30 minutes:
&tbs=qdr:n30
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